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After Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese announced he was closing several churches, one parishioner took her church's case straight to the Vatican and won. Host Michel Martin speaks with Christine La Salvia of St. James Catholic Church.

Protests rocked Bahrain last year and forced the cancellation of a Formula One Grand Prix race. But the country's rulers say they will not give in to demonstrators, and this year's race, set for Sunday, will go ahead as planned.

Kelly Ward, senior software engineer for Walt Disney Animation Studios, was tasked with bringing Rapunzel's locks to life in Disney's Tangled. The hair had to look realistic, but not too real — otherwise Rapunzel would be towing 80 pounds of hair behind her.

Scientists estimate a more than 60 percent chance of a major earthquake hitting the San Francisco Bay Area within 30 years. Marwan Nader, lead design engineer for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, discusses features that give the bridge the flexibility to withstand the 'Big One.'

Helm, an Americana legend and drummer for the '60s rock group The Band, died in 2012. In this week's Vintage Cafe, we remember Helm with an archived interview and performance from WXPN.

Presidential hopeful Jean-Luc Melenchon draws large rallies, rivaling mainstream candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande. Helped along by the economic crisis, he has tapped into working-class anger over wage inequality, the decline of French industry, and global capitalism.

Connect the dots between classical music and standards with the dynamic violin-and-piano duo.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra traveled to Russia this week for the first time in more than two decades — and found a very different country than the one they last visited.

If the rule of threes holds, it's a strange time to be a U.S. governor. From bears in bird feeders to snoozing to Springsteen, Melissa Block recounts a trio of oddball things governors from Vermont, North Dakota and New Jersey have had to deal with in the last week or so.

Republicans and Democrats don't agree about much on Capitol Hill these days, but there is one bill gaining bipartisan support. It's legislation that would punish human rights violators in Russia by naming them and denying them visas to the U.S. But the Obama administration is not on board yet. U.S. diplomats worry it could complicate relations at a time when the U.S. needs Russia's support most.